Romney Ad: Put Work Back Into Welfare

Michael Warren

August 13, 2012 6:25 AM

A new television ad from Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee looks at Barack Obama's history of opposing the 1996 reforms to welfare and promises a Romney administration will restore "work back in welfare." The ad begins by asking the viewer, "Do you support work for welfare?" Watch the ad below:

The ad cites a report from the Heritage Foundation that argues a new directive from Obama's Department of Health and Human Services undermines the work requirements instituted in the federal welfare program 16 years ago.